Street-light.



PATENTED MAY 8 A. E. SHAW. STREET LIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED APR.B. 1905.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR E. SHAW, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO PENNSYLVANIA GLOBE GAS LIGHT COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

STREET-LIGHT- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 8, 1905. Serial No. 254,512.

You whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR E. SHAW, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Street-Lights, of which the following is a specification.

One object of the resent invention is to provide for the satis actor-y and convenient use of square signs in connection with round lanterns, so that the signs are legible.

Another object of the invention is to provide an eflicient and reliable holder for supporting the signs; and another object of the invention is to provide for the satisfactory disposition and arrangement of straight illuminated signs in respect to cylindrical lanterns.

To these and other ends hereinafter set forth the invention, stated in general term s, comprises the improvements to be presently described and finally claimed.

The nature, characteristic features, and scope of my invention will be more fully understood fr om the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, and in which Figure 1 is an elevational view of the upper portion of a street-light embodying features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a top or Ian view, artly in section, of the same. ig. 3 is a side view of a sign-holder. Fig. 4 is a rear view, partly in section, of a signholder embodying features of the invention. Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4 looking in the direction of the arrows, and Fig. 6 is a plan view of the under side of the arm shown in Fig. 3.

In the drawings, 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 are parallel walls having end closures 5 and 6. These two pairs of parallel walls are arranged at right angles, and the inner walls 2 and 3 meet at the apex, whereas the outer walls 1 and 4 do not meet at the apex. These parts may be made as a single casting, and they are so shown in the drawings. The walls of each pair, together with their end closures, constitute open pockets or loops 7 and 8 for the accommodation of signs 9, which may be straight and transparent or translucent. Obviously the signs may be slipped into these pockets or loops, and the stop or rod 10, arranged at the apex of the casting or support. and between the end closures 5 and 6, serves as an abutment for the ends of the signs.

11 is a bracketor arm fr om which the casting or holder is supported. As shown, the casting or holder depends fr om the arm. In the drawings there is a projection 12 mounted between the walls 2 and 3 and arranged flush with the top of the casting. This projection is illustrated as provided with a tapped opening for the reception of a screw 13 which engages one arm of the bracket 11. The end of the arm 1 1 is shown as surfaced and irregularly notched or flanged, as at 14, so as to accommodate it to the irregular outline of the walls 2 and 3 and of the walls of the projection 12. The arms or brackets 11 are secured to the ring or crown 15 of the light in any appropriate manner. For this purpose they are shown as faced and notched and perforated. Obviously the arms constitute the diagonals of a square which is made up of the straight signs 9, which depend beneath the ring or crown 15 in proper position for receiving the illumination. The signs may be readily mounted in place or removed by the sin:- ple operation of taking out the stop 10 (shown as a bolt or rod) and then inserting a new sign and replacing the bolt or rod.

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A sign-holder comprising two pairs of parallel walls having end closures and ar ranged at right angles and whereof the inner walls do and the outer walls do not meet at the apex, and a stop detachably arranged at the apex between the end closures, substantially as described.

2. A sign-holder comprising two pairs of parallel walls having end closures and ar ranged at right angles and whereof the inner walls do and the outer walls do not meet at the apex, a stop detachably arranged at the apex between the end closures, and a supporting arm applied to one ofsaid end closures and extendmg away from theapex, substantially as described.

3. A sign-holder comprising two pairs of parallel walls having end closures and arranged at right angles and whereof the inner wal s do and the outer walls do not meet at the apex, a sto detachably arranged at the apex between tlie end closures, a tap ed projection at the end closure between tl ie meeting walls, an arm applied to said end closure and ranging away from the apex, and a screw enetrating the arm and engaging the proection, substantially as described.

4. A sign-holder comprising two pairs of parallel walls having end closures and arranged at right angles and whereof the inner walls do and the outer walls do not meet at the apex, a stop detachably arranged at the apex between the end closures, a tapped projection at the end closure between the meeting walls, an arm having its end irregularly faced to form a flange for accommodating the meeting walls and projection, and means for attaching the arm, substantially as described.

5. In combination the ring or crown of a lantern, arms radiating therefrom, a plurality of straight signs, and sign-holders depending from said arnis and having sign-receiving open-sided pockets disposed at right angles to each other and each receiving the end of a different sign, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

ARTHUR E. SHAW.

Witnesses:

W. J. JACKSON, K. M. GILLIGAN. 

